(binhthuan.gov.vn) Executing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, each year the Department of Industry and Trade has planned to develop e-commerce for the Industry and Trade Sector and organize propaganda and dissemination of laws on e-commerce to organizations and businesses; support businesses and individuals in applying e-commerce; organize short-term training programs for businesses on e-commerce on specialized topics, suitable to each locality and business field; provide professional training for local e-commerce staff; improve efficiency and capacity of State management of e-commerce.

Accordingly, many businesses and individuals have built websites to introduce and provide information about their businesses, products and services. Up to now, the whole province has 112 e-commerce websites of 96 businesses and individuals that have been notified by the Department of Industry and Trade to the Ministry of Industry and Trade; 02 websites providing e-commerce services of 02 organizations and businesses registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, at sanphamdiaphuong.com.vn of the Department of Industry and Trade of Binh Thuan province and s24.com.vn of Nhat Vinh General Trading and Services Company Limited. At the same time, there is also 01 sales application that has been notified to the Ministry of Industry and Trade as "Technical Services - Order on-site repair services" of Soc Smart Technology Company Limited; 01 application providing e-commerce services registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade: s24 of Nhat Vinh General Trading Services Company Limited.

In order to strictly manage e-commerce activities in the province, grasp the operational situation of the province's traders and businesses on major e-commerce platforms, in recent times the Department of Industry and Trade has send dispatches to the e-commerce platforms: Lazada, Shopee, Sendo, Tiki to request these e-commerce platforms to provide the list of traders and businesses in Binh Thuan province registered and trading on the e-commerce platforms, sales and number of products sold by traders and businesses of Binh Thuan province on these e-commerce platforms. To date, the Department of Industry and Trade has counted 64 provincial booths on Sendo; 60 booths on Tiki. On the e-commerce platform at sanphamdiaphuong.com.vn, there are 120 accounts registered; 69 individuals having income from Google, Facebook...

In the first 6 months of 2024, the province's competent forces inspected and handled 08 cases of e-commerce violations, with a total administrative fine of 181 million VND and confiscation of many types of goods. Violations include not notifying the e-commerce website of sales to the competent State management agency according to regulations before selling goods or providing services to consumers; trading in smuggled goods; not publish on the e-commerce sales website information about the website owner...

In the coming time, the Industry and Trade Sector will coordinate with localities to promote propaganda and dissemination of laws on e-commerce to raise awareness and sense of law observance among organizations and individuals; propagate and regularly disseminate the content of regulations on tax management for e-commerce business activities. Strengthen inspection and examination of businesses and individuals with e-commerce business activities, and strictly handle violations, if any. Implement solutions to encourage organizations and businesses providing e-commerce services to apply electronic identification accounts, chip-embedded Citizen Identification cards or residential data to authenticate customer information of organizations and individuals on e-commerce platforms according to the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Strengthen the management and supervision of goods in the online environment to create trust for consumers in online shopping activities, protect businesses and promote e-commerce development. At the same time, deploy e-commerce development programs for the business community, including payment solutions, electronic contracts, National online shopping day, and Vietnamese export business support program; promote the consumption of agricultural products and local products through online transactions on e-commerce platforms, domestic consumption as well as expanding export markets.

Nguyễn Phương